In these important times the International Financial Law Review and Euromoney Seminars presents their inaugural European Securities Litigation Conference. This will be one of your most important chances to prepare for the turbulence of the coming years through hearing the top experts in the field discuss the most pressing issues and building business networks with the most European securities litigation industry participants. It will also be an excellent opportunity for you to show case your own abilities to a large audience of key decision makers.

Key issues to be discussed at this conference will include:

· An in depth look at the credit crunch’s worst and best securities regulations and a discussion of what regulation will be needed going forward and what changes will actually be put in place.

· The prospects for securities class actions and the looming threat of activist shareholders.

· A look at the challenges and opportunities faced by the European securities litigation industry.

· What a European investor can expect in an American securities litigation case.

· Dealing with increasingly complex disclosure and accounting standards in an ever evolving market.

Confirmed speakers to date include:

LorraineCharlton, Executive Director, Regulatory Policy, SIFMA

Hubert Grignon-Dumoulin, Head of Issuers and Market Regulation, Luxembourg Stock Exchange

David Wilson, Managing Director and Legal Counsel, Goldman Sachs

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Some business wags say “flat” is the new “up”, but our panel will give you practical strategies for INCREASING sales and profits – even in a recession!

The U.S. economy is experiencing its worst crisis since at least 1982, and some say perhaps even since the Great Depression. Companies across the industry spectrum are struggling to manage these difficult times and the outlook for 2009 is highly uncertain. Private equity and venture funds are rationing capital and performing triage on their portfolios. While many businesses will founder, however, others will take advantage of the current environment to grow stronger and distance themselves from their competitors, positioning their companies for possibly significant outperformance when the economy improves.

• What strategies separate the winners from the losers?

• How can you – as an investor, business owner, employee, or advisor – do all you can to ensure success?

Who should attend this event?

• Business owners seeking real examples of how other companies are successfully weathering the current economic storms
• Private equity, venture capital, and angel investors looking for fresh ideas to help their portfolio companies
• Employees and those “in transition” interested in insights that will help them “add value” to current and prospective employers
• Business advisors and consultants that want to better understand their clients’ challenges and how to deal with them
• Anyone seeking insights into how leading professional investors work with their portfolio companies in the real world
  

Our panel of experts includes representatives from a couple of the area’s leading investment firms, and two of their portfolio companies that are doing well despite being in some of the most troubled sectors of all – financial services and real estate! Join us to get their practical advice on the strategies and tactics they are using to not just survive, but prosper in today’s economy.

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Reception includes light refreshments.

It is important that you register in advance for this event so that the security desk will have your name upon arrival. Go up the escalators to the VISITOR CENTER located on the second floor. Please bring a photo ID and allow yourself additional time to get through security. The building entrance is at 45th Street between Lexington and Vanderbilt Avenues.

Whether the issue is climate change, economic growth, or accountability, multinational companies today are under unprecedented pressure to play their part in solving the major global challenges. Businesses are increasingly expected not only to create jobs, profits and new technologies, but also have positions on complex public policies. At the same time, critics see big business as the cause of many of the world’s problems, and are concerned by what they see as the expanding influence of business on government policies. This annual Chatham House conference, produced in partnership with FTSE, will bring together leading experts from business, civil society and government to discuss the challenges that will shape the 21st century.

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The Women’s High Tech Coalition and the Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment are teaming to present an exciting event that will highlight high tech contributions that enable and empower the Smart Grid. These contributions range from semiconductors and electronic components, to software, hardware, applications and payment systems all driving optimization of the fields of generation, distribution and use of energy. Audience will learn about smart grid technology innovations, policy drivers and obstacles, and deployment benefits and challenges.

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Public outcry resulting from the ongoing financial market turbulence and corresponding loss of investor confidence has given the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a clear mandate to bring to justice the individuals and firms that contributed to the current crisis. Taking advantage of new leadership and resources to try to restore domestic and international trust in our national markets, these agencies are responding to this call to action by reinvigorating their approaches to investigation and enforcement.Please join Suzanne McDermott, Chief Compliance Officer and Associate General Counsel of Halcyon Asset Management LLC, and Bruce Bettigole and Sean Casey, both formerly with the DOJ and the SEC and now partners in Mayer Brown’s Securities Enforcement & Investigations group, for a discussion of recent developments in securities enforcement, including:

• An introduction to the administration’s new regulators and prosecutors who will be aggressively leading the charge to investigate and prosecute securities law violations.
• The key enforcement areas where the government will be focused, including the causes of the sub-prime crisis, Ponzi schemes, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and institutional insider trading.
• What the reinvigorated enforcement approach could mean to the hedge fund industry.
• The parallel investigation approach that the DOJ and SEC will take as they combine forces to respond to the public demand for a rigorous enforcement regime.

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